New York Public Schools

Thoughts on Teacher Appreciation Week

Lori Ungemah | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Teacher Appreciation Week, Teacher Appreciation, Teacher Gift Ideas, Teacher Gifts, Teaching, New York Public Schools, Good Teachers, Teachers, Education News

Tell them they have made a difference in your kid's life, or your life, or both. Tell them how and why. Be specific. Just tell them. Because knowing that you made a difference in someone's life is, hands down, the best gift of all.

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Bringing Diversity to New York City's Specialized High Schools

John C. Liu | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: NYC Specialized High Schools, Nyc Public Schools, NYC Education, NYC High Schools, NYC Schools, New York Public Schools, New York News

We need to build on the great foundation we have in New York City and pour our energy and resources into our public schools, because they are the key to spreading prosperity.

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Helping Kids Whose "Brains Are on Fire"

Tom Allon | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Speyer Legacy School, Education Reform, Ny Public Schools, New York Public Schools, Gifted and Talented Programs, Magnet Schools, New York Education, Gifted Education, New York News

The minds we waste each day in substandard public education could be the next Albert Einstein or Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. Our children can't wait.

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What the Bloomberg Administration Seems to Forget

Gail Robinson | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: New York Public Schools, Nyc Public Schools, NYC Education Disparities, NYC Education, Mayor Bloomberg Schools, Bloomberg Schools, NYC Schools, New York City Student Arrests, New York News

As they have sought to remake the nation's largest public school system, New York City officials have portrayed their efforts as a civil rights struggle. But despite such rhetoric, the city has created an obstacle course for its students.

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Let's Comfort the Afflicted

Tom Allon | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: New York Poverty, New York Public Schools, Ny Income Inequality, New York Schools, Income Inequality, New York Elections, New York Politics, New York Education, Ny Impact, New York News

Every vote is equal. The "afflicted" can catch up to the "comfortable." We just need to reform our 20th century, tired ideas -- and the leaders who perpetuate them.

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Susan Sarandon Gives $75,000 To NYC Schools For Table Tennis Programs

AP | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: New York Impact, New York Public Schools, Ny News, Susan Sarandon, Table Tennis, Spin, Ping Pong, New York Education, New York News

NEW YORK — Susan Sarandon has donated $75,000 to support table tennis programs in New York City public schools. The city Department of Educatio...

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New Yorkers Put More Faith In Teachers Than Bloomberg

Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Bloomberg, New York Public Schools, Education, Mayor Bloomberg, Teachers Union, Nyc-Teachers-Union, New York Education, Video, New York News

It's another round for Bloomberg versus the teachers union and it's looking like the latter has won the approval of New York City voters. A new po...

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New York City and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Alan Singer | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Latinos, Public Schools, Metal Detectors, Rudy Giuliani, Lourdes LaGuardia High School, Performing Arts, School to Prison, Students, New York City, New York Civil Liberties Union, African Americans, New York Public Schools, Criminal Justice System, School Safety, New York News

Metal detectors at school entrances make many New York City schools feel more like prisons than places where young people want to be and contribute to the sense that these are not a place where people are respected.

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Mayor 13 Percent Failed Me

Jazmine Miller | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Public Schools, New York Public Schools, New York Department of Education, College Preparedness, Nyc Public Schools, Education Reform, Mayor Bloomberg, Herbert Lehman High School, New York News

You often hear the Department of Education brag about our improved graduation rates in NYC. But what good does it do to graduate more students if only a handful of them are prepared for the future?

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Former Teacher Poses Nude For 'Penthouse'

Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Prostitution, New York Public Schools, Melissa Petro, Sex Workers, Penthouse Magazine, Craigslist, Melissa Petro Sex, Penthouse, Sex Work, Teachers, Melissa Petro Penthouse, Craiglist Sex Workers, Education News

After being forced to leave her teaching job due to her former life as a sex worker, Melissa Petro has embraced the media's portrayal of her in a spre...

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'Sit Down and Shut Up'

Corey Stern | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: New York Public Schools, Conservatives, High School News

How can I possibly continue to express my conservative political views in school while my teachers seem to just be getting more and more liberal over time?

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"These Kids Don't Have a Shot"

Alan Singer | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: New York Public Schools, Ny Education Reform, Nyc Public Schools, Ny Education, New York Schools, New York Education, NYC Education, NYC Schools, New York News

It is time to hold Bloomberg and the DOE for failing our children and orphaning our schools. As Meryl Tisch recently made clear, if it is let up to the Bloomberg administration, "these kids don't have a shot."

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There Are No Black Children Here

Rebecca Carroll | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: New York City Public Schools, New York Public Schools, New York Schools, Nyc Public Schools, New York School Zones, NYC Schools, Private School Admission, New York Private School Admissions, New York City Private Schools, NYC Education, Montclair N.J., Montclair New Jersey, Advertising, Public Schools, Bv-Parenting, Black Voices News

Like most New Yorkers, my husband and I knew that finding an appropriate school for our son was not going to be a cakewalk. Negotiating the New York City school system is practically a rite of passage for parents who live here. But while most parents seek a school that satisfies traditional criteria such as high test scores and general academic achievement, I had an additional standard in mind as we explored nearly two dozen schools: I wanted to find a school for my son where he would would have peers and mentors who are black.

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No Child: Nilaja Sun's Powerful Play

Hannah Bronfman | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: New York Public Schools, New York Public School, No Child New York Play, No Child Left Behind, No Child Performance, No Child Play, Black Voices News

No Child, the one woman show written and preformed by Nilaja Sun, is a tour-de-force exploration of the New York City public school system.

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Bloomberg Declares Tenure Is Not Needed In Public Schools

GothamSchools | Philissa Cramer | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Public Schools, New York City Schools, New York Public Schools, First Amendment, Education, Dennis Walcott, Mike Bloomberg, New York Schools, Teachers, New York, New York City, Education News

Less than two years after pledging that he did not want to end tenure, Mayor Bloomberg struck a different chord today. "Do I think it's needed at t...

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City Raises Millions To Reinstate Exam Required For Graduation

Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: New York City Schools, Regents Exam, New York Public Schools, Dennis Walcott, Regents Exams Cut to Save Money, New York Regents Exam, Private Donations to Schools, Private Donations, Mike Bloomberg, New York City, New York, New York State Schools, Donations to Schools, Education News

Students across New York will once again be offered the state regents exam this coming January. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Den...

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Fewer Teachers Get Tenure In New York City Schools

HuffingtonPost.com | Myles Miller | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Uft, New York Teachers, New York Public Schools, Teacher Tenure, Teacher Evaluations, Dennis Walcott, Teacher Assessment, New York Teachers Union, Mike Bloomberg, Teachers, Education News

New York City principals have rooted out their worst teachers as tenure numbers dipped to new lows. Only 58 percent of eligible teachers were grant...

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The Pepsi Refresh Bottle Cap Challenge!

Pamela French | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Environment, New York Public Schools, Green Schools, Pamela French, Pepsi Refresh Challenge, Anderson PS334, New York City, Green News

What was I thinking?! Having just come off the Green Giant, Green Awards, and asking my friends, colleagues and like-minded green parents to vote for ...

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Should Teachers Earn Performance-Based Bonuses? NYC And Study Says...

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: New York Public Schools, Dcps, Performance Incentives, Teacher Incentives, Teacher Bonuses, Teacher Bonuses Student Tests, Standardized Tests, New York, New York City, New York City Schools, DC Public Schools, Teacher Bonuses Efficacy, Teacher Merit Pay, Merit Pay, New York Schools, Teachers, Rand Study, Education News

Teachers who receive cash incentives don't prove to have more positive attitudes toward their work, nor do they yield better performing students, acco...

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Is 'Accountability' Only For Teachers?

Joel Shatzky | Posted 07.07.2011

Read More: Willard Lanham, City Time Scandal, Mayor Bloomberg, Teacher Accountability, School Scandal, New York Public Schools, New York Schools, Teachers, School Fraud, Education News

The latest NYC school scandal doesn't involve test scores or arbitrary school closings, but something more relevant to the way in which schools are being run: the bottom line.

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End of Stimulus Deepens School Budget Woes

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 06.11.2011

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NEW YORK -- New programs slashed. Schools closed. Even more teachers fired. These and other cutbacks threaten to dismantle the lives of school chil...

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Of Teachers and History: A Brooklyn Memoir

Virginia Sanchez-Korrol | Posted 05.25.2011

I'm often struck by the fact that although everybody has one, a history that is, one's individual stories are seldom considered to be connected to "history."

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Cathie Black Transition Blues

David Bloomfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joel Klein, New York City Department of Education, New York Public Schools, Chancellor Search, Cathie Black, Education News

The blues will not end until Black withdraws voluntarily or is forced by court order. Her proto-administration is fatally wounded.

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Cathie Black's Best Credential

Michele Somerville | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Public Schools, Education, Nyc-Doe-Chancellor, Cathie Black, Schools, Education Reform, New York City Schools Chancellor, Education News

I am a former educator with about 14 years of classroom experience, and I have no problem with the fact that the new chancellor of New York City public schools, Cathie Black, is not an educator.

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Educational Experience is Paramount

Kurt Wootton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Public Schools, Teachers, Education Reform, School Leadership, David Berliner, Cathleen Black, Eli Broad, Education News

I agree with Mr. Broad in that we absolutely need good managers to run our school districts. But more critically we need leaders who understand the world of teachers, principals, and students.

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